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Renaturation with simultaneous purification of rhG‐CSF from Escherichia coli by ion exchange chromatography
Author(s) -
Wang Chaozhan,
Wang Lili,
Geng Xindu
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
biomedical chromatography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1099-0801
pISSN - 0269-3879
DOI - 10.1002/bmc.890
Subject(s) - chemistry , chromatography , urea , ion chromatography , escherichia coli , dilution , recombinant dna , ion exchange , yield (engineering) , biochemistry , ion , physics , materials science , organic chemistry , metallurgy , gene , thermodynamics
Protein refolding is a key step for the production of recombinant proteins, especially at large scales, and usually their yields are very low. Application of liquid chromatography to protein refolding is an exciting step forward for this field. In this work, recombinant human granulocyte colony‐stimulating factor (rhG‐CSF) expressed in Escherichia coli was renatured with simultaneous purification by ion exchange chromatography (IEC) with a Q Sepharose FF column. Several chromatographic parameters affecting the refolding yield of the denatured/reduced rhG‐CSF, such as the urea concentration, pH value, concentration and ratio of reduced/oxidized glutathione in the mobile phase, as well as the flow rate of the mobile phase, were investigated in detail and indicated that the urea concentration and the pH value were of great importance. At the optimal conditions, the renatured and purified rhG‐CSF was found to have a specific bioactivity of 3.0 × 10 8 IU/mg, a purity of 96%, and a mass recovery of 49%. Compared with the usual dilution method, the IEC method developed here is more effective for rhG‐CSF refolding in terms of specific bioactivity and mass recovery. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.